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...latest episodes of who sleeps with whom, there is also the pre-emptive self-outing of divorced Arizona Congressman Jim Kolbe. Two weeks after voting for the bill restricting gay marriage, Kolbe, a Republican, went public with his homosexuality, which had been an open secret around Washington, to pre-empt an article that he knew was coming in the national gay magazine Advocate. Kolbe later won a primary race, but with well under the 80% margin he had enjoyed over the same candidate two years...
...neutralizing the fiscal issue and embracing tax cuts of his own, President Clinton took away the Republicans' major weapon. By embracing a values-based critique of social policy, Clinton was able to pre-empt the social and cultural issues that had so emboldened the Republican right in 1994. This political approach also made it possible for the President to neutralize the other key political issues the Republicans hoped to exploit: crime, welfare and immigration. By taking these issues, as well as the fiscal issues, out of play, President Clinton succeeded in taking away virtually every potentially effective issue that Dole...
...staff's attempt to pre-empt a possible Jewish protest against Yasser Arafat is wholly uncalled for. Was there any staff criticism of black students' interruption of Charles A. Murray '65's Bell Curve lecture, either before or after the fact? Or of the disruptions of antiabortion activists during presidential candidate Arlen Specter's political address last spring...
...coveted. TIME Los Angeles bureau chief Jordan Bonfante reports: "The endorsement will be of limited value from a political perspective because Wilson is viewed by Californians as a failed candidate. But from a fundraising point of view, it is pivotal for Dole. With Wilson's support, he can pre-empt the gold rush into the state by the other candidates and sew up the funds for himself. He and Wilson have even talked about joint fundraisers. Dole will raise money for his campaign, and Wilson will retire his debt." A Dole aide says Wilson, who withdrew Sept. 29 after fundraising...
...genius for his attack on Hollywood. Now he's sagging? I don't buy it." Dole's advisers have nonetheless been ruminating about how to address the issue of his age and health; three months ago, they decided it should be addressed early and candidly, both to pre-empt his critics and to ensure that any future health alarms don't prompt suspicions of a cover-up. Says Marlin Fitzwater, White House press secretary at the time George Bush collapsed at a state dinner in Tokyo: "You want to deal with those problems well before you throw...